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Author here. I could have worded this part better. I probably bill about 5 hours a day, give or take. The 40 hours I referenced encompasses everything that goe
by retrac98 5y ago
Author here. I could have worded this part better.
I probably bill about 5 hours a day, give or take. The 40 hours I referenced encompasses everything that goes into freelancing including my client work, not just the client work itself.
Work hours seemed an unlikely cause for the burnout to me because I've worked at least that my entire career (and in previous jobs many more hours) without even a hint of burnout. I'll never know the true cause, but I suspect it's a combination of the factors I mentioned in the post.
- zrail 5y agoRead a bit of your post, I'll go back to it in a bit. Number one tip is, even if you're not billing by value, you should bill on much larger increments than an hour. My recommendation is to bill in day increments and invoice weekly. You can of course track hours if that helps, but never bill the customer for them directly. Decide on how many hours a "day" of productive work is for you and at the end of the week divide the number of hours you worked by that. You should also charge more than feels comfortable for your day. Raise your rate with each new client until you don't have enough work in the pipeline, then back off a bit. Those two things should provide better clients who expect a realistic amount of work for what they're paying.